Curtain-holder.



A. A. GIRARD.

CURTAIN HOLDER.

AryLloATIoN FILED JAN.3.1913.

Patented June 2, 19M,

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Specincation Letters Patent:

Patented-June a, 1914.

mnemonic-annum a, 191s; eerie-1m. 'mma tening shades to shade rollers; and it has for its primary object the provision of a de- .vice of this character which may be" readily connected with the roller and shade and associated with the latter in a manner which will positively eliminate any tearing thereof during the rolling or unrollirig operation.`

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be connected with the roller at a single4 point in the length thereof and which will include companion side gripping bars adapted to yieldingly contact with the shade at., the opposite sides of the roller and in such manner as will positively prevent any longitudinal creeping of the shade on the roller.

Another object of the invention is the rovision of a strip of yieldable material W ich may be associated with the fastener and roller respectively so as to maximize the frictional contact of the fastener with the shade.

With these and other ob'ects in view, the

invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed. .ln the accompanying drawings :-Fi re 1 is a perspective view of a shade ro ler, showing the -ap lication of a fastener thereto; Fig. 2 is a ongitudinal section through a portion of the roller; Fig. '3 is a transverse section therethrough; Fig. l is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a slightly modified form of the invention; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the fastener.

The fastener is constructed preferably from a single length of spring wire which is bent in its main length to provide alined loops 1 having an integral longitudinal gripping and connecting portion 2 and alined terminals 3, the latter also forming gripping portions to assist in the action of the portion 2 to effectually hold the shade 1n an applied position upon the roller. The terminals 3 are separated relatively at 4 so f aste render' the-roller vembracing loops 1 yieidable in ai lateral direction relativel so as. t'o permit theldevice to readily con orm with any lateral irregularities or imperfections inthe surface of the roller. The connectin portion 2 is extended directly into the adjacent portions ofthe loops while the terminals 3 are slightly offset as at 5 from the adjacent portions of the loops-for a purpose to be hereinafter referred to.

In applying the .fastener to the roller whereby to hold the shade in an operative position thereon the attached terminal of the shade is artly wound around the roller 6 herein i ustrated and a short strip 7 of' elastic material is also partly wound around the roller and provided with a protecting terminal 8 whichv is free from the roller and which is adapted to overlie' anadjacent portion of the fastener when the shade is partly wound around the roller. 'lhe loops 1 are substantially of U-coniiguration and are adapted to circumferentially embrace the roller and to yieldingly contact with adjacent portions of the shade, while the bar 2 and the terminal 3 of the fastener are extended in a longitudinal direction against the sides of the roller, so that under the inherent elasticity of the loops, the required purchase of said'portions 2 and 3 will be obtained against the shade so as to hold the latter in its attached condition. The offset portions 5 of the loops present the terminals 3 in effective contact with the shade at the immediate terminal 9 of the material 7 and in such proximity with the free portion 8 of said material so that when the latter entirely circumscribes the roller it will be projected over said terminals 3 so as to extend across the joint 4l between the terminals and thereby relieve the winding of the shade of obstructions where they pass over the fas` at 10 in Fig. 2, so that portions of the shade will become enga ed in the indentations thus formed, to there y render the shade fixed against longitudinal shifting on the roller.

In the modied arran ement of the in-` vention shown in Fi 4, t e flexible material 11 embraces the rol er in such manner that the free terminal 12 of said material underlies the continuous gri ping bar 13 of the fastening 14. This orm of fastener is otherwise identica-l in construction with the irst described form.

A single fastening device as described may be used immediate y between the ends of the roller and associated with the shade in such manner as `Will hold the same eli'ectually in applied position and against being torn, as it is Wound or unwound from the roller.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention Will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A shade fastener for shade rollers comprising a single length of springy Wire bentv in its main length to provide alined embracing loops adapted to extend partly around the roller, connecting gripping portions connecting the loops With each other, one terminal of each of the loops being oi'set toward the center ot the loop and adapted to engage the roller, the said terminals being then extended toward each other and at right angles to their respective loops and parallel with the connecting gripping portion the said extended terminals providing a companion gripping portion and separated relatively thereby to render the loops yieldable laterally.

2. A shade fastener for shade rollers a member having embracing loop portions extending partly around the roller and each having one of its terminals odset toward the center of the loop and bearing against the roller, .the said terminals then being extended toward each other and at right angles to said loops and providing a gripping portion, a second ipping portion connecting the loops toget er and extending parallel with the first mentioned grippinghportion, and a strip of material associated with the roller and underlying the companion gripping portion.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR A. GIRARD.

Witnesses:

ADoLPH EDWARD ERmsoN, ALBERTE F. TITUs. 

